we have to host: dan next, salem, ore. caller: i think there is a pretty easy solution with social security and medicare. the low and will consume 100% of our gdp. many look at the figures that social security in february will be 61% payout. i am being taxed at 6.2% social security and 2% medicare. something is definitely going to have happen. even though i'm a republican, i understand elections draw consequences, so to keep things at the level at which would like them, we are going out to raise taxes and people are going back to start paying for what they want. guest: absolutely. these are items that people have been looking at ever since the program started. one thing you always see are these doomsday date. right now, i think social security has a doomsday date of 2024. they always change with the amount of revenue coming in to the program. they change with the amount of people receiving the benefits. they change with the things like interest rates. they change with how the economy is doing. they shared with the unemploy